The evolution of combinatorial phonology

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-144

  Zuidema, Willem ^a   de Boer, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67349271684     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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